Comment by nullifidian
5 years ago
>those things as less severe than Russia’s oppression/corruption?
These things are vastly less severe than anything going on in Russia (am Russian). In the US there is at least due process, public scrutiny, and the US government doesn't generally torture or murder its citizens(on its soil). Comparing the situations in these two countries is like comparing current protest killings in Myanmar, and police shootings in the US with the words "see, in the US the police also kill citizens", i.e. it's dropping 99% of the context and of the cultural situation/differences/beliefs.
You’re absolutely delusional about modern day USA. And if you think that being tortured by USA on some other soil is better, well, sucks to be you.
American's idea that their country is a bastion of due process is really a fallacy.
America regularly assassinates people it finds unsavoury without any consideration for due process whatsoever.